There are lots of changes happening in the field of surface modification. The purposes of this thesis is to present a surface modification procedure that could be useful in producing durable coatings from nanoparticles. ...

Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1 is a bacterium capable of producing wax esters (WE) in nitrogen limited conditions. WEs are esters of fatty acids and fatty alcohols and they are used in e.g. cosmetics. Many fields of industry ...

Lately the production of biofuels from renewable sources has aroused interest due to the decreasing number of fossil fuels and preventing the climate change. Especially the replacement of fossil transportation fuels by ...

It has been a growing trend for decades to replace human labour with automation. The goal is to increase productivity and worker safety while decreasing costs and human errors. However, investing on new, high technology ...

Achieving transparency and security awareness in cloud environments is a challenging task. It is even more challenging in multi-cloud environments (where application components are distributed across multiple clouds) owing ...

Nonlinear light-matter interactions can lead to second-harmonic generation (SHG) or frequency doubling of light. Previously, we have measured SHG from nanoparticle arrays using just one incident wavelength. In order to ...

Multi-junction solar cells are one of the most promising technologies for solar energy production in both terrestrial and space applications. Highest conversion efficiencies among all solar cells have been recorded by III–V ...

In spite of the extensive studies, which have been carried out on the selective deoxygenation of secondary alcohols, it still poses a formidable challenge. The recent discovery of the reduction of salicylaldehydes with a ...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are organic compounds that are emitted into the atmosphere mainly through incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass. The lifecycle of PAHs especially in urban atmosphere is ...

Robots are an integral part of industries involved in manufacturing and assembly process. Changing workpiece requires a change in the programming of robot resulting downtime and loss of output in industrial scenarios. With ...

Current manufacturing systems are comprised of heterogeneous software and hardware components that exchange information on various levels. These levels have distinct functionalities and target different timeframes but they ...

Industrial activities generate wastewaters that contain nitrate, which needs to be treated before discharge due to possible harmful environmental effects. One common method is biological wastewater treatment where nitrate ...

Serial radio modems are long-standing but usable technology and they are still widely used in data communication in many applications. Slow transmission speed, point-to-point connections and signal attenuation are the ...

Software reuse has been researched almost as long as software has existed. Still many companies do not invest in good software reuse methods until they already have several similar products that are being separately ...